Saturday Linkages: Corona Borealis

‘Focus on right now’: how to mentally prepare for more Covid-19 uncertainty

I Just Flew. It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be.

Georgia’s Experiment in Human Sacrifice

Musso & Frank Martini lesson

Fruit Trenches: Cultivating Subtropical Plants in Freezing Temperatures

Meet the Coronavirus Profiteers

Mike Davis: Reopening the Economy Will Send Us to Hell

Travel From New York City Seeded Wave of U.S. Outbreaks

Bianca about a very, very wide dress

I Cut My Hair With a Vacuum Cleaner

Introducing Coverage Critic: Time to Kill the $80 Mobile Phone Bill Forever

This caused me physical harm

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    • Yes, probably Brugmansia (Angel’s Trumpet). This is closely related to the Datura (Jimson Weed) family and is hideously toxic, causing all manner of terrifying psychedelic and physical symptoms and, occasionally, permanent psychosis. If you wish to spend the rest of your life being chased through subterranean tunnels by flaming demons, try drinking tea made from this plant.

      Surprisingly, this spectacular plant is still grown in public gardens.

    • Thanks! I thought it was some sort of datura. Here in the east we have datura stramonium. The flower looks like this one but the leaves are very different.

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